5 March in the eSports world

Do you know what is remarkable about today in the world of eSports? See more in our material.

Tournaments and victories

On 3 March 2009 the CS:GO championship Intel Extreme Masters III European Championship Finals ended up. The prize pool was $50,000. At the final the win was gained by the players from MTw, and the main money reward was $25,000.

In 2011 Natus Vincere won at Intel Extreme Masters V. The prize pool of the fifth season of IEM was $80,000. Na’Vi got the main money reward of $35,000.

In 2016 Intel Extreme Masters X - World Championship was won by the team Fnatic. The prize pool of the championship was $250,000. Fnatic got $104,000 with their win.

In 2017 Astralis won at Intel Extreme Masters XI - World Championship. The money reward and the prize pool was the same as the previous season of IEM — World Championship.

Birthdays

Today these representatives of eSports are celebrating their birthdays:

Duncan «Thorin» Shields (35 y.o., CS:GO, Аналитик)Emil «Magisk» Hoffmann (20 y.o., CS:GO, Astralis)Benhur «Benhur» Lawis (21 y.o., Dota 2, Team Admiral)Antti «kyynel» Kinnunen (34 y.o., Overwatch, Rest in Pyjamas)

Patches

In 2005, the patch 6.01 for Dota 2 was released, where some characters, items and bugs were fixed.

You can read more about the patch 6.01 here.